Agriculture
There are all kinds of interesting facts about honey. Here?s a hodgepodge of trivia that might improve your chances of winning a quiz show.
- Beekeeping: Profiting From A Gold Mine
If you look at fields full of flowering crops or wild flowers in the countryside, or at garden and park flowers in the cities, you are not only looking at beauty but also at gold ? thousands of tons of valuable honey. Liquid gold sitting there, all for...
- Pakistan Exports 440 Containers Of Honey To Gulf In 2012-13
Wednesday, August 07, 2013Pakistan has exported 440 containers honey to Gulf states during the financial year 2012-13 and it was expected in 2013-14 the volume would be much higher than the previous year. President Honey Bee Keepers and Exporters Association...
- Fruit Facial Mask
Cosmetic company are now using fruit acids (AHAI?s), vitamins (antioxidants) and enzymes in many beauty products but also include a large amount of synthetics which can actually be injurious to the skin. In organic beauty, only fresh ingredients are used...
- Making A Hobby Of Beekeeping
Beekeeping, though, is more than just a profit-making activity: it can also be a fascinating, environmentally sound hobby that can totally absorb you. Beekeeping in many countries is predominantly a hobby activity. The numbers of commercial ...
- Missouri Beekeeping With Erin Mullins
Today we welcome Erin Mullins. Erin is a Missouri girl who discovered the joy of beekeeping! Hello, my name is Erin Mullins and I?m from the northwest corner of Missouri. I am 19 years old attending college to become a Nurse. I still live at home with...
Agriculture
Honey trivia
There are all kinds of interesting facts about honey. Here?s a hodgepodge of trivia that might improve your chances of winning a quiz show. - Honey has antibacterial properties and is used in some cultures to prevent infection of cuts and burns. A medico friend of mine recently visited a burn clinic in China where honey is used in the patients? dressings.
- In olden days, a common practice was for newlyweds to drink mead (honey wine) for one month (one phase of the moon) to assure the birth of a son. Thus the term ?honeymoon.?
- The honey bee?s image became a symbol for kings and religious leaders and was honored on ancient coins and in mythology.
- One gallon of honey (3.79 liters) weighs 11 lbs., 13.2 ounces (5.36 kg.).
- The Romans used honey to pay their taxes (I don?t think the IRS would approve).
- Honey found in the tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs was still edible. That?s an impressive shelf life!
- To produce 1 pound of honey, the bees must visit 2 million flowers!
- Beekeeping: Profiting From A Gold Mine
If you look at fields full of flowering crops or wild flowers in the countryside, or at garden and park flowers in the cities, you are not only looking at beauty but also at gold ? thousands of tons of valuable honey. Liquid gold sitting there, all for...
- Pakistan Exports 440 Containers Of Honey To Gulf In 2012-13
Wednesday, August 07, 2013Pakistan has exported 440 containers honey to Gulf states during the financial year 2012-13 and it was expected in 2013-14 the volume would be much higher than the previous year. President Honey Bee Keepers and Exporters Association...
- Fruit Facial Mask
Cosmetic company are now using fruit acids (AHAI?s), vitamins (antioxidants) and enzymes in many beauty products but also include a large amount of synthetics which can actually be injurious to the skin. In organic beauty, only fresh ingredients are used...
- Making A Hobby Of Beekeeping
Beekeeping, though, is more than just a profit-making activity: it can also be a fascinating, environmentally sound hobby that can totally absorb you. Beekeeping in many countries is predominantly a hobby activity. The numbers of commercial ...
- Missouri Beekeeping With Erin Mullins
Today we welcome Erin Mullins. Erin is a Missouri girl who discovered the joy of beekeeping! Hello, my name is Erin Mullins and I?m from the northwest corner of Missouri. I am 19 years old attending college to become a Nurse. I still live at home with...